A number of host-based replication products are already on the market, including software from Legato Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO), NSI Software, RepliWeb Inc., Veritas Software Corp. (Nasdaq: VRTS), and XOsoft (see NSI Notches $15M and XOsoft Turns Back Time).
Constant Data claims, however, that missing from the equation so far has been a product in this space targeting Linux environments. "We offer the first Linux real-time data replication solution," Sustman says. "And it works cross-platform between Sun Solaris servers and Linux servers."
But industry observers say other players are surely not far behind on Linux. "You can bet without a doubt that the big players are going to be doing host-based replication on Linux," says Enterprise Storage Group Inc. analyst Steve Kenniston in an email. "The other thing not to discount is the fact that array-based replication doesn't care what the OS is, and is still the leader in replication technology."
Still, the array-based products are way out of the league of many of the customers Constant Data is targeting. For example, EmbekTek, a small division of Brunswick Corp., is currently using a previous version of Constant Replicator to mirror only a couple of gigabytes per day, according to division VP Tom Varghese. "This allows me to sleep well at night," he says. "If we miss a couple of tape backups, I don't worry about it too much; and if the machine crashes during the day, it's not a problem. We still have most of our data."
The division, which employs 20 people, was looking for a way to inexpensively secure its data in between its nightly tape backups. "We didn't see anything else in the same price range as Constant Data," Varghese says. "The copying is fairly instantaneous, it's very transparent, and it's extremely easy to use." He says that the company is currently replicating data to a server sitting right next to the primary server, but is planning to add remote-site replication as soon as its budget allows.
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